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Eliashib

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Whom God will restore.
  • A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:12 ).

  • A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:22,23 ). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (3:20,21). His indulgence of Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of (Nehemiah 13:4,7 ).

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Eliashib'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​e/eliashib.html. 1897.